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P. WEINBERG, L. CLARK, Jr.. & E. WINKLER.

SEAL SKIN SAGQUE, DOLMAN, AND ULSTER BLOCK. No. 313,268.

Patented Mar. 3, 188

R V S. m m WMMMM R m ZW m V Z f WITNESSES I @200 PHILLIP WEINBERG, LoUIsCLARK, JR, AND EGBERT WINKLER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEAL-SKIN SACQUE, DOLMAN, AND ULSTER BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313.268, dated March 3,1885.

Application filed June 28, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PHILLIP WEINRERG, LoUIs CLARK, J r. and EGBERTWINKLER, all of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Seal-Skin Sacque, Dolman, andUlster Blocks, of which the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my improved blocks,illustrating its use. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same, takenthrough the line or 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is 2. diagram of a sacque-frontformed and cut upon my improved block. Fig. 4 is a diagram of asacque-front formed and cutin the ordinary manner.

The object of this invention is to facilitat the forming and cutting ofseal-skin sacques, dolmans, and ulsters, and economize labor in suchforming and cutting.

The invention consists in a seal skin sacque, dolman, and ulster blockmade of two boards secured to each other at an angle at their forwardedges and recessed at their angle and at the rear edge of the frontboard.

The invention further consists in the mode of cutting out seal-skinsacques, dolmans, and ulsters by fitting and tacking the skins, whenwet, to a block and cutting them out,

when dry, to a pattern applied to them while on the block, as will behereinafter fully described.

A B are two boards, the forward edges of which meet at an angle and aresecured to each other. The upper and lower ends of the boards A B areattached to the end boards, 0, the lower one of which serves as a footto support the block in an upright position. The part of the forwardedge of the boards A B that receives the waist of the garment is cutaway or recessed to bring it to such a shape as will give the requiredform to the waist of the garment. The rear edge of the board B is alsorecessed, and the outer side of the said board can be shaved down. Therear edge of the board B from its recess downward is inclined outward togive the required fullness to the skirt. The rear edge of the board Babove its recess is extended to the rearward to form a support for theshoulder of the garment.

In using the block the skin is wet till it becomes soft. Then the edgeof the skin that will form the side seam of the garment is folded inover the rear edge of the board B, and is tacked to the inner side ofthe said board, as shown in Fig. 2 and indicated by the dotted line D inFig. 1. The skin is then drawn smoothly over the rear edge of the boardB, and is worked into the recess of the said edge,and is drawn over theangular forward edge of the block,and is worked smoothly into the recessof the said edge, and its edge is tacked to the outer side of the boardA, as shown in Fig. 2 and indicated by the dotted line E in Fig. 1. Asthe skin is being smoothed out upon and fitted to the block A B, itsupper and lower edges are tacked to the said block. The block A B, withthe skin attached to it, is set aside for the skin to dry and set to theform. Then the skin is fully dried, a pattern is laid over the skin, andthe skin is cut to the pattern; or the outline of the pattern is drawnupon the skin, and the skin is then cut to the mark. A single dart, F,is then cut in the skin and its edges are sewed to each other.

By my improvement the forming of one of the two darts G H and theunder-the-arm scam I are avoided, so that the labor in making thegarment will be greatly lessened and a bettershaped garment will beproduced.

The block shown in the drawings is for the left-hand front of thegarment, and a similar block must be used for forming the right-handfront. 9

Having thus described our invention, what, we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A seal-skin sacque, dolman and ulster block made substantially as hereinshown and described, and consisting of the boards AB, secured to eachother at an angle at their forward edges and recessed at their angle andat the rear edge of the board B, as set forth.

PHILLIP VVEINBERG. LOUIS CLARK, JR. EGBERT WINKLER.

Witnesses:

R. S. HAYWARD, J osnrn BIRD.

